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##§$$*;~^. RAILS .^~;*$$§##
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#§$$;^.... TRAINS ARE SO CONSTRUCTED THAT THEY ....^;$$§#
###§$*;~^. HAVE TO FOLLOW A SET PATH. THIS PATH IS .^~;*$§###
#§**;~.... CALLED A "RAILWAY", WHICH IS COMPRISED ....~;**§#
#§**;^.... OF TWO METAL RAILS, HENCE ITS NICKNAME. ....^;**§#
§§*;^..... .....^;*§§
##§**;~~^. BECAUSE THE LOW FRICTION BETWEEN THE .^~~;**§##
###§$*;~^. WHEELS OF THE TRAIN AND THE RAIL METAL, .^~;*$§###
#§$$$*;~^. THERE ARE LIMITS FOR HOW ACUTE A CURVE .^~;*$$$§#
§$**~^.... CAN BE, AND EVEN MORE SO FOR HOW MUCH ....^~**$§
###§$*;~^. THE GROUND UNDER THE RAILS CAN BE .^~;*$§###
##§§$*;~^. SLOPED. THUS A RAILWAY IS OFTEN NOT LED .^~;*$§§##
##$;~~~^^. ON TOP OF HILLS, RATHER THROUGH THEM IN .^^~~~;$##
#$$*~~.... TUNNELS (IF THEY ARE LARGE), OR ....~~*$$#
§$*~~^.... ARTIFICIAL CHASMS. ....^~~*$§
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#$;^...... THERE WILL BE TREES ON THE SIDE OF THE ......^;$#
§§§$$*;~^. RAILS, BUT NOT TOO CLOSE, OR THEY WILL .^~;*$$§§§
§§**;~~~^. BE CUT DOWN BY THE RAILWAY JANITORS. .^~~~;**§§
#§§***;~^. THERE WILL BE PLAINS, AND BODIES OF .^~;***§§#
#$;~~^.... WATER. ....^~~;$#
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#§**;^.... TRAINS GO BY DAY AND BY NIGHT. ALONG ....^;**§#
##$*~~.... THE WAY, THERE IS INFORMATION ....~~*$##
#§§**~.... SCATTERED, OFTEN PUT ON TOP OF POLES, ....~**§§#
###§$*;~^. TO BE INTERPRETED BY THE TRAIN DRIVERS. .^~;*$§###
###§$*;~^. DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE RAILWAY HAVE .^~;*$§###
§*;^...... DIFFERENT SPEED LIMITS. ......^;*§
#$*;~^.... ....^~;*$#
###§$*;~^. SOMETIMES, TRAINS HAVE TO STOP AND WAIT .^~;*$§###
#§*~...... FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, FAR AWAY. THIS ......~*§#
#§$$$*;~^. IS SIGNALED BY RED OR GREEN LIGHTS. .^~;*$$$§#
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#§§**;;~^. MANY PEOPLE FOLLOW THE RAILS BY FOOT. .^~;;**§§#
#§$;~..... OFTEN THIS PROVES TO BE THE SHORTER .....~;$§#
###§$*;~^. PATH BETWEEN TWO POINTS. HOWEVER THIS .^~;*$§###
#§**~~~... IS FROWNED UPON, AND VERY IMPOLITE ...~~~**§#
§§$*;;;~^. TOWARD THE TRAIN DRIVERS! .^~;;;*$§§
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